I had to look that one up too. According to http://www.google.com/press/funfacts.html http://www.google.com/press/funfacts.html, it's actually named after Larr

I had to look that one up too. According to http://www.google.com/press/funfacts.html http://www.google.com/press/funfacts.html, it's actually named after Larry Page. Of course, that could just be some Google humor. I would guess that PageRank is named for the obvious reason, but that it won out over other names for the connection to the co-founder.